Artist Info: Michael Asmara

Michael Asmara (born in 1956) is a leading Indonesian contemporary music composer from Yogyakarta. He studied harmony, counterpoint and music analyses at Akademi Musik Indonesia Yogyakarta (now it has become Indonesia Institute of the Arts/Institute Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta) from 1980-1983.

Asmara has written a range of compositions for both Western instruments and Javanese Gamelan. Many of his music has been performed in the US, Germany, Indonesia [read more...]